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Magento has recently released a new Enterprise Edition version 1.14 and Community Edition version 1.9.0.0 with most notable features. Here I will tell you how these new features will help you in the businesses growth.               A. Technology updates: Community Edition (CE) 1.9 and Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) 1.14 versions are updated with PHP 5.4 as,

   It provide better performance and efficient memory usage.

  B. Solr Search Engine Changes: Now Magento EE 1.14 supports Solr versions up to 3.6.2. Solr enables you to provide your web store users with a powerful full-text search engine.

  Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, near real-time indexing, dynamic clustering, database integration, rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) handling, and geospatial search.

  C. Responsive site in Less Time and Less Cost: The default theme in Magento EE 1.14 and CE 1.9 named rwd implements Responsive Web Design practices. The new responsive theme uses the modern technologies: Sass/Compass, jQuery and additional JavaScript libraries. Setting up a fully responsive eCommerce website can now be done in half the time and with minimal costs. From SEO point of view going responsive is beneficial to your website as Google favors and encourages responsive design.

    Take advantage of the rapid growth in mobile commerce. 

Magento’s responsive theme was developed with full support for the following devices and browsers: Windows:  Internet Explorer 9 and later Latest stable version of Chrome Latest stable version of Firefox OS X:  Latest stable version of Chrome Latest stable version of Firefox Latest stable version of Safari iOs (iPhone and iPad): Safari on iOs 7 Android: Chrome browser on Android 4.0+ (also known as Ice Cream Sandwich). Note:– Basic compatibility should be expected on Android 2.3+ (and other mobile devices) and Internet Explorer 8, but full support is not guaranteed. Responsive design was not implemented for the following: Multiple address checkout Popular search terms page Popular search terms cloud Site map My Account—Billing Agreements My Account—Recurring Profiles E-mail templates Tags Polls Captcha The gift registry (EE only) Multiple wishlists (EE only) Place order by SKU (EE only)   D. Improved Checkout Process: Magento EE 1.14 and CE 1.9 is updated with Ajax to make improvements in to the checkout process. Now, you can change the quantity of items in your mini shopping cart or remove items without refreshing the page.

Customers can buy now and pay later with no additional cost. 

A new option is added in the checkout process “Bill Me Later”. If customer choose Bill Me Later then he will not be charged and he has to only pay his normal PayPal transaction fee.

There is an estimate that having Bill Me Later will result in 18% more sales.

 In the checkout process following steps are eliminated:  The order review page can be enabled or disabled. (The order review page displays after the customer logs in to PayPal.) Eliminate the necessity of clicking Update Order before Place Order.

     Boost sales and increase conversion rates

  E. Cross-Border Trade: A new configuration is added in this Cross-Border Trade known as price consistency. With price consistency, merchants can present a single price to customers in any part of the world, regardless of the tax rates that may apply from country to country, giving them greater control over their site and how their pricing is displayed.   F. Better Security

 Magento CE 1.9 comes with an array of security and quality enhancements. 

Closing potential cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Improved file system security. Addressing a potential session fixation vulnerability during checkout. Addressing a potential security issue that might display information about a different order to a customer. Removal of an unsafe .swf file from the Magento distribution. Improved security of action URLs such as billing agreements.